Comments from CapnRob

The same thing was said about wheelchair ramps and bathrooms. If business wasn’t occasionally guided by laws we would be eating in dirty restaurants and peeing on the sides of buildings. The Seattle Cinerama has had captioning for years. They only have one screen.

In the old days, they complained about “talkies” killing the art of the performance thus ruining the filmgoing experience. I’ve heard of people saying color film is garish and bad. Just like six-track magnetic sound or the horizontal film platter, Digital technology is just the next step in the evolution of story-telling, to the masses, on a big screen. It also reduces cost which make stockholders happy to make more movies.

Regarding the TV commercials before a film, there has always been advertising at the theater. I bet people used to complain about the ads painted on the theater curtains. Maybe somebody will bring back the roadshow with reserved seats and the Ent'acte music. Don’t forget, those ad-free presentation tickets cost more.

Mike, you’re showing your age. Discs are dead. VOD will kill buying discs. I’m waiting for the direct connection at the base of the skull. You will be able to experience the epic length “Titanic II” in 12 seconds!

This is the one place where 3D could be fun. I would mount a static camera center of the audience and record audio to replicate a binaural recording. I saw it done at Disneyland when they had the “Honey, I Blew Up The Audience”. It works great when the audience is normal size.

A large popcorn had about 80 grams of fat, more than 50 of them saturated. That’s almost three day’s worth of sat fat, or what you’d get from six Big Macs. And that’s if you skip the “butter.” Succumb to the “butter” on your large popcorn and you’ll boost the fat to close to 130 grams, or two days worth, plus four day’s worth of cholesterol. But what’s another two Big Macs when you’re already up to six?"

The Continental in Denver has always had a big curved screen. In the last couple of years, they started charging a “big screen” fee for movies in that house. It’s now the RPX theater. They’ve now found a way to charge even more for what use to be included with the price of admission.

I saw this print at the Esquire in Denver and was blown away. 3-D, blue ray and line doublers are fine for most films. The ultimate way to see 2001 is on a huge screen in 70mm. The detail and depth is so impressive. When I saw the print the color was so rich without being saturated. The picture was very sharp. The effects are transparent.

In Aurora, Colorado there is a Cinemark theater that charges $6.50 for evenings and $4.50 for matinee. Just down the street at the Regal Continental the same film shows for $10.50 and $6.00 (a dollar more if you want to see it on their largest and oldest screen).

Both theaters are in safe surroundings. The cheaper theater is newer than the current remodel of the more costly theater. They’re both as clean as each other.

Sorry about the previous post. It has been pointed out to me that there is a total 2200 seats in 13 auditoriums plus 400 more seats in the Imax theater. This brings the average seats per screen to 185.7. Think of 15 rows with 12 seats each.

I know there are bigger and smaller auditoriums. I’m just repeating what has been said on this site over and over. Would somebody build a cool big theater, please?